All you need to turn a fire hydrant into a water park is a traffic cone and a dream.

“It’s great. I don’t have to go to the beach or pool. I just come downstairs, open up and I got my own water park,” said Aaron Rolon, a father of two whose videos have gone viral on social media.

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Videos of Rio Manhattan have amassed tens of millions of views on social media

Aaron Rolon says kids flock to the makeshift water park on West 188th Street and Amsterdam Avenue on hot summer days

Rolon says he hopes to bring Rio Manhattan to other neighborhoods across the city

Back in June, Rolon found a crab at the beach and recorded himself removing it from a bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue and West 188th Street. That video currently has more than 20 million views. Then his imagination

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